Hours after a Milwaukee Police officer was injured after being struck by a wrong-way driver, 12 News asked the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department to discuss their plan to help stop wrong-way drivers.

The Sheriff's office declined to talk, only saying that it is working with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation on the plan.

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Meanwhile, others in law enforcement have said wrong-way drivers are putting too many lives at risk.

State Patrolman Steve Lindemann nearly lost his life after a pickup truck raced toward him on the highway in the wrong direction.

"It's just that quick," Lindemann said. "I mean, you crest the hill and there he is. If he was in that center lane ... I don't know if I would have been able to swerve out of the way in time."

Waukesha County Sheriff's Detective Steve Peterson said that in 29 years on the job, he has not seen the problem get any better.

"A drunk driver on the road in and of itself is a hazard," Peterson said. "Now you take that drunk driver and you put them going the wrong way on a freeway and it usually has tragic and devastating results."

That scenario played out on Nov. 5, 2011, when a 44-year-old Pewaukee woman traveled more than 8 miles on Interstate 94 in the wrong direction. The incident ended with a crash that killed Brian St. Germaine, 41, who was headed to work.

His wife, Nicole, knew something was wrong the night of the crash.

"We have a think where we call or text the other person to let them know we arrived safely," she said. "That didn't happen, so I knew there was something wrong."

The crash killed St. Germaine as well as the 44-year-old woman behind the wheel of the wrong way car, Dawn. M. Ewing.

Milwaukee county has had 20 reported cases of wrong way drivers in 2012. There were 12 reported cases in all of 2011.